US20070042135A1 - Transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display - Google Patents
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- This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application Ser. No. 10/718,990, filed Nov. 21, 2003, which claims the priority under 35 USC 119(e) of US Provisional Applications No. 60/429,177, filed on Nov. 25, 2002. The entire contents of both applications are incorporated into this application by reference.
- a) Field of the Invention
- This invention relates to a liquid crystal display with improved contrast ratio, switching performance, reflectivity at the Dmin state and structural integrity, and methods for its manufacture.
- b) Background
- A polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display usually comprises two transparent plates with electrodes placed opposing each other, separated by using spacers. A thin film of PDLC is enclosed between the two plates. The PDLC film may be up to 200 microns thick, but usually having a thickness of between 2 microns and 50 microns. The liquid crystal filled cell is hermetically sealed in order to eliminate oxygen and moisture, both of which may chemically attack the liquid crystals. A thorough review of the PDLC technologies can be found in “Liquid Crystal Dispersions” by P. S. Drzaic (1995).
- A PDLC typically consists of micron-size droplets of low-molecular-weight nematic liquid crystals dispersed in a polymer binder. The nematic droplets strongly scatter light and the material has a white opaque or translucent appearance (“off” state). When a voltage difference is imposed between the two electrodes (“on” state”), the electric field aligns the droplets such that the ordinary refractive index of the liquid crystals nearly matches that of the isotropic polymer matrix, substantially reducing the scattering power of the droplets, thus allowing light to transmit through. As a result, the cells appear clear or transparent in the “on” state and opaque in the “off” state.
- In a guest-host PDLC display, a dye, particularly a pleochroic or dichroic dye, is added as a guest to the liquid crystals to produce a high color contrast display. For example, the dye molecules may have a property to orientate themselves parallel to the liquid crystal molecules. Therefore if a dichroic dye having a bar-shaped structure is added to the liquid crystals, the direction of the dye molecules also changes if the molecular direction of the liquid crystals is changed by applying an electric field on the opposing electrodes. Because the dyes are made colored or do not depend on the orientation direction, it is possible for them to switch between a colored state (“off” state) and a colorless state (“on” state) by applying a voltage on the two electrodes. The use of dichroic or pleochroic dyes in guest-host PDLC displays to improve the contrast ratio is known in the art.
- A PDLC display may be transmissive and/or reflective. A transmissive PDLC display has an internal illumination source. Imposing a voltage on the two electrodes allows light to pass through the liquid crystal filled cells. A typical example of a transmissive PDLC display is a PDLC overhead projector. Reflective PDLC displays typically contain a reflective black or colored filter which becomes visible in the transparent state. Reflective PDLC displays may be found in PDA (personal digital assistant) devices. Transmissive and reflective PDLC displays are particularly attractive because polarizers are eliminated. Polarizers substantially reduce light and decrease brightness of both direct view and projection displays. The absence of polarizers also gives a better viewing angle.
- The PDLC displays prepared by processes previously used have many shortcomings. For example, the polymer dispersed liquid crystals typically have droplets of a very broad particle size distribution, which results in significant hysteresis, higher operation voltage, poor contrast ratio, undesirable red bleedthrough and low level of multiplexing. However, the hysteresis of PDLC films must be low to show reproducible gray scales, and low voltage operation and high contrast ratio of the device are essential for most PDA applications. Monodispersed liquid crystal particles in the micron size range have been disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,835,174, (Clikeman, et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 5,976,405 (Clikeman, et al.) and U.S. Pat. No. 6,037,058 (Clikeman, et al.) to reduce the hysteresis and operation voltage and to improve the level of multiplexity. The contrast ratio of the PDLC device prepared from the monodispersed particles remains low for most applications. To improve the contrast ratio without trade-off in the thickness of the PDLC film and operation voltage, guest dyes, preferably pleochroic dyes or dichroic dyes, are needed. However, the processes do not allow for the precise enclosure of a high concentration of guest dyes in the liquid crystal phase during manufacture, such that only a low concentration of dyes may be encapsulated in the monodispersed polymer particles. Some guest dyes may be left outside of the particles, thereby resulting in an increase in Dmin (the minimum optical density of the background) and a lower contrast ratio. In all cases, the process previously used involves a costly process to separate and purify particles from an aqueous phase followed by a process to re-disperse the particles in an organic binder.
- An improved liquid crystal display was disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,795,138 (corresponding to WO02/56097), the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The improved liquid crystal display comprises isolated cells formed from microcups of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio and filled with a liquid crystal composition optionally comprising guest dye(s). The filled cells are individually sealed with a polymeric sealing layer, preferably formed from a composition comprising a material selected from the group consisting of thermoplastics, thermoplastic elastomers, thermosets and precursors thereof.
- The microcup structure enables a format flexible and efficient roll-to-roll continuous manufacturing process for the preparation of liquid crystal displays. The displays can be prepared on a continuous web of a conductor film (such as ITO/PET) by, for example, (1) coating a radiation curable composition onto a conductor film, (2) forming the microcup structure by, for example, a microembossing or photolithographic method, (3) filling a liquid crystal composition into the microcups and sealing the filled microcups, (4) laminating the sealed microcups with another conductor film, and (5) cutting the display to a desirable size or format for assembling.
- One advantage of this type of liquid crystal displays is that the liquid crystals are enclosed in the microcups. In one embodiment, the microcups may be of uniform size and shape. This significantly reduces the hysteresis and the reorientation field strength. In addition, before being filled with a liquid crystal composition, the microcups may be surface treated or modified to alter the surface properties for optimum contrast ratio and response rate.
- The other advantage of this type of liquid crystal displays is that the microcup wall is in fact a built-in spacer to keep the top and bottom substrates apart at a fixed distance. The mechanical properties and structural integrity of microcup-based displays are significantly better than traditional dispersed liquid crystal displays. Moreover, the microcups may be sequentially filled with liquid crystal compositions of different specific properties such as colors and switching rates, and isolated by a sealing layer. Unlike the Clikeman's process of preparing monodispersed liquid crystal particles, guest dyes may be incorporated easily into a microcup-based liquid crystal display without involving time-consuming or costly procedures.
- In traditional dispersed liquid crystal displays, the formulation window of compositions of both the liquid crystal and polymer phases is quite limited. In contrast, the two phases may be optimized independently in the microcup-based liquid crystal displays. Moreover, the microcups may be surface-treated, if necessary, to modify the interaction between the liquid crystals and the microcup walls to achieve optimal electro-optical response for various applications.
- The whole content of each document referred to in this application is incorporated by reference into this application in its entirety.
- The present application is directed to a novel dispersed liquid crystal display (LCD) structure having improved contrast ratio, switching performance and structural integrity, and its manufacture.
- The first aspect of the invention is directed to a microcup composition comprising liquid crystals for the preparation of microcup-based liquid crystal displays. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal concentration is no greater than its solubility limit in the hardened microcup composition. The composition may be an embossable composition.
- The second aspect of the invention is directed to a composition for the preparation of microcups used in a liquid crystal display which composition comprises a speed enhancing monomer or oligomer to improve the switching rate and reduce operation voltage or reorientation field.
- The third aspect of the invention is directed to a composition for the preparation of microcups used in a liquid crystal display which composition comprises a speed enhancing filler material.
- The main component of the compositions of the first, second and third aspects of the invention may be an embossable material such as a material selected from the group consisting of thermoplastics, thermosets and precursors thereof.
- Combinations of two or three aspects of the invention as described above are also encompassed within the scope of the present invention.
- Either one of the three microcup compositions described above may also be used in a liquid crystal display having a single layer or multilayer of microcup array.
- The microcup compositions are optimized such that the isotropic refractive index of the microcup composition after curing is matched to the ordinary refractive index of the liquid crystals.
- In the liquid crystal display having two or more layers of microcup array stacked together, the microcups are filled with liquid crystal compositions optionally comprising guest dye(s) and individually sealed. The microcups of the multiplayer liquid crystal display may be filled with liquid crystal compositions comprising different guest dyes of different optical densities or switching speeds. For a full-color or multicolor liquid crystal display having two or more layers of microcup array, the microcup arrays may comprise, for example, red, green or blue microcups which are filled with liquid crystal compositions comprising red, green and blue guest dyes, respectively. In one embodiment, the microcups may be of different shapes, dimensions or ratios of opening to total area.
- In addition, the inactive partition areas of one layer are at least partially overlapped with the active areas of the layer above or underneath. The term “staggered” will be used throughout the application to describe this arrangement. In one embodiment, the inactive areas and the active areas are completely overlapped.
- In a manner similar to conventional PDLC displays, the liquid crystal display of the present invention strongly scatters light in the absence of an electric field (the “off” state). When a voltage difference is applied between the two electrodes (i.e., conductor films), the electric field aligns the liquid crystals and substantially reduces scattering power, allowing light to transmit through the “on” state. However, unlike the PDLC displays, the liquid crystal display of this invention reaches the maximum optically clear state at a much lower voltage and, when the applied voltage is withdrawn, reverts back to the original “off” state without the undesirable hysteresis. The low operation voltage or reorientation field strength, fast response time and the absence of hysteresis are critical for high quality display applications where low power consumption and reproducible gray scales and video rate are highly desirable.
- The multilayer liquid crystal displays of the invention have shown a significant higher contrast ratio than single layer displays. The addition of liquid crystals, or a speed enhancing monomer/oligomer or a speed enhancing filler material in the microcup composition further improves the switching rate and reduces the operation voltage or reorientation field.
- The multiplayer liquid crystal display of the present invention is not sensitive to environment, particularly humidity and temperature. The display may be very thin, flexible, durable, easy-to-handle and format-flexible. Moreover, the multilayer liquid crystal displays of the invention have shown a superior contrast ratio, switching performance, operation voltage and structural integrity.
- The fourth aspect of the invention is directed to methods for the manufacture of a liquid crystal display having two or more layers of microcup array stacked together.
- A single layer of the microcup-based liquid crystal display may be prepared by following a sequence of processing steps. The processing steps include preparation of the microcups on a conductor film by microembossing, photolithography or pre-punched holes as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,788,449 and 6,795,138, filling the microcups with a liquid crystal composition optionally with guest dye(s), sealing the filled microcups by either the one-pass or two-pass process as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,788,449 and 6,795,138 and finally laminating the sealed microcups with a second conductor film, optionally precoated with an adhesive layer. The adhesive may be a hot-melt, heat curable, moisture curable or radiation curable adhesive. In one embodiment, a UV curable adhesive is used.
- A single layer of a full-color or multi-color reflective liquid crystal display may be prepared by laminating or coating the empty microcups with a layer of positively working photoresist, selectively opening a certain number of microcups in a predetermined area by imagewise exposing the positive photoresist, followed by developing the photoresist, filling the opened microcups with a liquid crystal composition optionally comprising guest dye(s), preferably dichroic dyes, of a first color, and sealing the filled microcups by either the one-pass or two-pass process as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,788,449 and 6,795,138. These steps may be repeated to create sealed microcups filled with liquid crystal compositions comprising guest dyes of a second or a third color. The filling of the liquid crystal composition may be accomplished by a coating process followed by a scraping or doctoring process to remove the excess fluid. Alternatively, the filling may be accomplished by a printing process such as inkjet printing.
- The multilayer liquid crystal display of the present invention may be built layer by layer by repeating cycles of coating, embossing, filling and sealing, and finally laminating the stack onto a second conductor film, optionally with an adhesive layer. Alternatively, after two or more layers of microcup array are separately prepared on conductor films, they then may be laminated together to form a two-layer or multilayer microcup-based liquid crystal display. A further alternative involves separately preparing layers of microcup array on temporary release substrates. The multilayer liquid crystal display may then be accomplished by transferring the preformed display layer onto another display layer on a conductor film or onto a conductor film directly.
- These multiple step processes may be carried out roll-to-roll continuously or semi-continuously. Consequently, they are suitable for high volume and low cost production. These processes are also efficient and inexpensive as compared to other processes for high volume production.
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FIGS. 1 a and 1 b show the “off” and “on” states of a conventional polymer dispersed liquid crystal display, respectively.FIG. 1 c shows a typical single layer microcup liquid crystal display prepared by the microcup technology, optionally with a darkened background to improve the contrast ratio. -
FIG. 2 a shows a monochrome multilayer microcup-based liquid crystal display.FIG. 2 b shows a full-color multilayer microcup-based liquid crystal display using color filters.FIG. 2 c shows a full-color multilayer microcup-based liquid crystal display using colored liquid crystal compositions. -
FIGS. 3 a and 3 b show the methods for the manufacture of a multilayer microcup-based liquid crystal display.FIG. 3 a shows a process of preparing a two-layer liquid crystal display by laminating two layers of microcup array with the sealing sides of the microcups facing each other.FIG. 3 b shows another process of preparing a two-layer liquid crystal display by (i) transferring a layer of microcup array from a release substrate onto a second layer of microcup array on a conductor film and (ii) laminating the resultant composite film onto a conductor film, optionally with an adhesive. The process (i) may be repeated to prepare a liquid crystal display having more than two layers of microcup array. - Definitions
- Unless defined otherwise in this specification, all technical terms are used herein according to their conventional definitions as they are commonly used and understood by those of ordinary skill in the art.
- The term “microcup” refers to the cup-like indentation created by, for example, microembossing, photolithography or pre-punched holes.
- The term “monodispersed”, when describing the microcups or cells, is intended to indicate that the microcup or cell has a narrow distribution of dimensions such as diameter, length, width and height.
- The term “aspect ratio” is a commonly known term in the art of PDLC displays. In this application, it refers to the depth to width or depth to length ratio of the microcups.
- The term “Dmax” refers to the maximum achievable optical density of the display.
- The term “Dmin” refers to the minimum achievable optical density of the display.
- The term “contrast ratio” is defined as the ratio of the % reflectance of a liquid crystal display at the Dmin state to the % reflectance of the display at the Dmax state.
- The term “active area” refers to the area of microcups filled with a liquid crystal composition optionally with guest dye(s).
- The term “inactive area” refers to the partition area between the microcups filled with a liquid crystal composition optionally with guest dye(s).
- Liquid crystal display cells prepared by the microcup technology, as shown in
FIG. 1 c, comprise two conductor films (10, 11), at least one of which is transparent (10), and a layer of microcups (12) enclosed between the two conductor films. The microcups have partition walls (16), are filled with a liquid crystal composition (15) optionally comprising guest dye(s) and sealed with a sealing layer (13). Not shown inFIG. 1 c, the sealing layer preferably extends over the partition walls (16) and forms a contiguous layer thereon. The sealed microcups are laminated onto the second conductor film (10) optionally with an adhesive layer (14). When a voltage difference is imposed between the two conductor films, the liquid crystal display will switch between a colored or a colorless state, seen through the transparent conductor film (10). The conductor film (11) on the non-viewing side may be colored to enhance the contrast ratio. -
FIGS. 1 a and 1 b show the “off” and “on” states of a conventional polymer dispersed liquid crystal display, respectively. In the “off” state, the liquid crystals in the droplets are randomly aligned, and the display is opaque to the viewer. In the “on” state, the liquid crystals are aligned by the electric field, and the display is transparent to the viewer since the ordinary index of the liquid crystals is matched to the isotropic index of the polymeric continuous phase. -
FIGS. 2 a shows a monochrome multilayer liquid crystal display comprising layers of microcup array filled with a liquid crystal composition (22). At least one of the two conductor films (20, 21) is transparent. The conductor film on the non-viewing side is optionally colored or blackened to improve the contrast ratio. -
FIG. 2 b shows a full-color multilayer liquid crystal display using a color filter (24) between the conductor film (21) and the bottom layer of the microcup array. A liquid crystal composition (23) which may optionally comprise a black dichroic dye is filled into the microcups. -
FIG. 2 c shows a full-color multilayer liquid crystal display using liquid crystal compositions (25, 26, 27) containing, for example, green, red and blue dichroic dyes, respectively. - The microcup layers are preferably arranged in a staggered fashion to reduce the light leakage through the partition walls. Although not shown in
FIG. 2 c, the layers of a full color multilayer liquid crystal display may also be arranged in a staggered fashion. - For the purpose of illustration, in the multiplayer liquid crystal display as shown in the figures, the top (or upper) layer is the viewing side whereas the bottom (or lower) layer is the non-viewing side.
- I. Preparation of the Microcups
- The microcup array may be prepared by either microembossing, photolithography or pre-punched holes as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,788,449 and 6,795,138, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
- Suitable compositions for the preparation of the microcups are also disclosed in these references. Examples of compositions for microembossing or photolithography disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,788,449 and 6,795,138 include embossable materials such as thermoplastics, thermosets or precursors thereof. Examples of thermoplastic, thermoset or precursors thereof may include, but are not limited to, multifunctional acrylates or methacrylates, vinyl ethers, epoxides and oligomers or polymers thereof. In one embodiment, multifunctional acrylates and oligomers thereof may be used. A combination of a multifunctional epoxide and a multifunctional acrylate is also useful to achieve desirable physico-mechanical properties. A crosslinkable oligomer imparting flexibility, such as urethane acrylate or polyester acrylate, is usually added to improve the flexure resistance of the embossed microcups. The composition may contain a monomer, oligomer, additives and optionally a polymer. The glass transition temperatures (or Tg) for this class of materials usually range from about −70° C. to about 150° C., preferably from about −20° C. to about 50° C. The microembossing process is typically carried out at a temperature higher than the Tg. A heated male mold or a heated housing substrate against which the mold presses may be used to control the microembossing temperature and pressure.
- To improve the embossing process latitude and switching performance, the microcup composition for embossing may be pre-saturated with a liquid crystal composition. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal composition is at a concentration no greater than its solubility limit in the hardened microcup walls or partition areas. Although it is not required, the same liquid crystal composition used to fill the microcups may be used to saturate the partition walls. In one embodiment, to achieve optimum switching performance, the concentration of the liquid crystals in the hardened partition walls is optimized to avoid the formation of observable light scattering domain in the partition walls.
- To improve the switching rate and reduce the operation voltage or reorientation field strength, a speed enhancing monomer or oligomer may be added in the microcup composition. Suitable speed enhancing monomers or oligomers for preparation of microcups of the invention may include, but are not limited to, monomers or oligomers comprising poly(ethylene glycol) or poly(propylene glycol) moiety, such as poly(ethylene glycol) monoacrylate, poly(ethylene glycol) monomethacrylate, poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate, poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate, poly(propylene glycol) monoacrylate, poly(propylene glycol) monomethacrylate, poly(propylene glycol) diacrylate, poly(propylene glycol) dimethacrylate or the like. The concentration of the speeding enhancing monomer or oligomer in the microcup composition may be no less than about 1%, preferably no less than about 3% and more preferably no less than about 10% by weight.
- In addition to the monomers and oligomers named above, other monomers or oligomers may also be used. Examples of such materials may include, but are not limited to, monomers or oligomers having at least one polar group such as nitro (—NO2), hydroxyl (—OH), carboxyl (—COO), halo (e.g., fluoro, chloro, bromo or iodo), cyano (—CN), sulfonate (—SO3) or the like. These monomers and oligomers must be compatible with other components in the microcup composition and can be easily processed by simple mixing. The concentration of these monomers or oligomers may also be no less than about 1%, preferably no less than about 3% and more preferably no less than about 10%, by weight in the microcup composition.
- In another embodiment, a speed enhancing filler material may be added to the microcup composition. For example, low resistance fillers, conductive fillers or fillers having a high dielectric constant may be added into the microcup composition to form an interconnecting or percolation network to reduce the volume electrical resistivity of the microcup structure formed. Low resistance fillers, as used herein, refer to fillers having volume resistance less than or equal to about 1010 ohm cm, preferably less than or equal to about 108 ohm cm. Suitable low resistance speed enhancing filler materials may include, but are not limited to, metal oxides, organic filler materials such as polyether block amide elastomers or polyaniline or fibers such as noncarbon tube. The organic filler materials may be shaped as particles or fibers. Suitable conductive speed enhancing fillers may include, but are not limited to PEDOT [poly (3,4) ethylenedioxythiophene]. Suitable speed enhancing fillers having a high dielectric constant may include, but are not limited to, zirconia, barium titanate, strontium titanate or lead zirconate titanate. The concentration of the speed enhancing fillers may be no less than 1%, preferably no less than 5%, by weight of the microcup composition. The speed enhancing filler material may also be a filler material having a high dielectric constant, i.e., having a dielectric constant equal to or higher than about 5, preferably equal to or higher than about 10, obtained according to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards. The speed enhancing filler materials having a high dielectric constant may be added into the microcup composition to increase the dielectric constant of the microcup composition, which is beneficial to high frequency driving. Preferably, the dielectric constant of the microcup composition is higher than that of the liquid crystal composition filled in the microcups.
- The size of the speed enhancing filler materials in the form of particles preferably is less than 5 microns, more preferably less than 1 micron. The speed enhancing filler materials in the form of fibers has a cross section diameter preferably less than 1 micron.
- In general, the microcups can be of any shape, and their sizes and shapes may vary. The microcups may be of substantially uniform size and shape in one system. However, in order to maximize the optical effect, microcups having a mixture of different shapes and sizes may be produced. For example, microcups filled with a liquid crystal composition comprising a red guest dye may have a different shape or size from the green microcups or the blue microcups. Furthermore, a pixel may consist of different numbers of microcups of different colors. For example, a pixel may consist of a number of small green microcups, a number of large red microcups and a number of small blue microcups. It is not necessary to have the same shape and number for the different colors.
- The openings of the microcups may be circular, square, rectangular, hexagonal or any other shape. The partition areas between the openings are preferably kept small in order to achieve high color saturation and contrast ratio while maintaining desirable mechanical properties. Consequently, the honeycomb-shaped opening is preferred over, for example, the circular opening.
- The dimension of each individual microcup may be in the range of about 0.04 to about 100 μm2, preferably from about 1 to about 36 μm2. The depth of the microcups may be in the range of about 0.5 to about 10 microns, preferably from about 1 to about 6 microns. The ratio of the opening area to the total area of the microcup layer in a multilayer microcup liquid crystal display may vary within a wide range. In one embodiment, it usually ranges from about 0.05 to about 0.97. In another embodiment, it may range from about 0.3 to about 0.95. The ratio may also be less than 0.05.
- II. Liquid Crystals, Dichroic Dyes and their Mixtures
- The array of microcups is filled with liquid crystals, usually by a coating or printing process. Liquid crystals may also comprise a dichroic dye to impart color to the display and to increase the contrast.
- Liquid crystal materials that may be used in the present invention are known in the art. Examples of liquid crystal materials that may be used in the present invention may include, but are not limited to, E7, TL205, TL213, BL006, BL009 and BL037 from E. Merck Co. (Germany). Other useful liquid crystal materials may be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,835,174 (Clikeman, et al.). Cholesteric liquid crystals may also be used in some applications.
- In one embodiment, liquid crystals may comprise guest dye(s). Guest dyes may be dichroic which are known in the art. U.S. Pat. No. 5,589,100 (Grasso, et al) states that arylazo or poly(arylazo) dichroic dyes may be used with liquid crystals and lists other suitable dichroic dyes.
- The incorporation of dyes not only adds color but also substantially improves contrast in some display applications. Suitable guest dye(s) should provide good viewing characteristics, such as high contrast, high extinction and chemical and photochemical stability. In one embodiment, the dyes are those of high order parameters and proper solubility in the host liquid crystal material. High order parameter is promoted by dyes with an elongated shape having a high ratio of molecular length to width, similar to the shape of the molecules of liquid crystal host material. Examples of dichroic dyes having a high dichroic ratio may include the Blue AB2, Red AR1 and Yellow AG1 from Funktionfluid Gmb (Germany) and SI-486 (yellow), SI426 (red), M483 (blue), S344 (black), S428 (black) and S7 (black) from Mitsui Toatsu.
- Nonionic azo and anthraquinone dyes are also useful. Examples may include, but are not limited to, Oil Red EGN, Sudan Red, Sudan Blue, Oil Blue, Macrolex Blue,
Solvent Blue 35, Pylam Spirit Black and Fast Spirit Black from Pylam Products Co., Arizona, Sudan Black B from Aldrich, Thermoplastic Black X-70 from BASF, anthraquinone blue, anthraquinone yellow 114, anthraquinone red 111, 135 and anthraquinone green 28 from Aldrich. In any case, the dye must be chemically stable and should have a low solubility in the microcup material. Liquid crystals or dyes should not at any time attack the microcups. - III. Sealing of the Microcups
- The sealing of the microcups may be accomplished in a number of ways. One approach is the “one-pass” method which involves dispersing a UV curable sealant composition into the liquid crystal composition. The UV curable composition is immiscible with, and has a specific gravity lower than that of, the liquid crystals. The UV curable composition and the liquid crystal composition are thoroughly blended in an in-line mixer and immediately coated onto the microcups with a precision coating mechanism such as Myrad bar, gravure, doctor blade, slot coating or slit coating. Volatile solvents may be used to control the viscosity and the coverage of the coating and to facilitate the phase separation of the sealant phase from the liquid crystals. Excess fluid may be scraped away by a wiper blade or a similar device. The thus-filled microcups are then dried and the UV curable composition floats to the top of the liquid crystals. The microcups may then be sealed by curing the supernatant UV curable composition during or after it floats to the top (i.e., when in contact with the liquid crystal composition). UV or other forms of radiation such as visible light, IR and electron beam may be used to harden and seal the microcups. Alternatively, heat, moisture or a combination thereof may also be employed to harden and seal the microcups, when a heat or moisture curable sealant composition is used. In the case that a polymeric sealing composition is used, the sealing layer may be hardened by simply evaporating the solvent(s) in the composition during or after it floats to the top.
- Surfactants may be used to improve the adhesion of the sealing layer to the microcup wall and the wetting at the interface between the liquid crystals and the sealing material. Useful surfactants may include the FC surfactants from 3M Company, Zonyl fluorosurfactants from DuPont, fluoroacrylates, fluoromethacrylates, fluoro-substituted long chain alcohols, perfluoro-substituted long chain carboxylic acids and derivatives thereof and Silwet surfactants from OSi.
- Alternatively, the liquid crystal composition and the sealing composition may be coated sequentially into the microcups (i.e., known as the “two-pass method”). Thus, the sealing of the microcups may be accomplished by overcoating a thin layer of a polymeric material or precursors thereof which may be hardened or cured by radiation, heat, moisture or interfacial reactions on the surface of the filled microcups (i.e., when in contact with the liquid crystal composition filled in the microcups). Interfacial polymerization followed by UV curing is very beneficial to the sealing process. Intermixing between the liquid crystal layer and the overcoat can be significantly suppressed by the formation of a thin barrier layer at the interface by interfacial polymerization. The sealing is then completed by a post curing step, preferably by UV radiation. To further reduce the degree of intermixing, it is highly desirable that the specific gravity of the overcoating is lower than that of the liquid crystals. Volatile organic solvents may be used to adjust the viscosity and the thickness of the coating. When a volatile solvent is used in the overcoat, it is preferred that it is immiscible with the liquid crystal composition or the dye and has a specific gravity lower than that of the liquid crystal phase. The two-pass overcoating process is particularly useful when the dye or liquid crystal material used is not completely immiscible with the sealing composition. To further reduce the degree of intermixing between the sealing composition and the liquid crystal phase, the filled microcup array may be chilled before overcoating of the sealing composition.
- Alternatively, sealing of the filled microcups may be achieved by transfer laminating an adhesive layer from a release substrate onto the filled microcups, preferably followed by hardening the adhesive layer by heat, radiation or by simple solvent evaporation and finally peeling off the release substrate. Chilling of the filled microcups is also beneficial to the sealing by transfer lamination process.
- IV. Preparation of a Single Layer Liquid Crystal Display Panel
- The process can be a continuous roll-to-roll process as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,788,449 and 6,795,138. It may comprise the following steps:
- 1. Coat a layer of a composition for forming the microcups optionally with a solvent on a conductor film. The solvent, if present, readily evaporates.
- 2. Emboss the layer of microcup composition at a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the microcup composition by a pre-patterned male mold.
- 3. Release the mold from the microcup composition preferably during or after it is hardened by proper means.
- 4. Fill the microcups with a liquid crystal composition optionally comprising a guest dye followed by sealing of the filled microcups by either the one-pass or two-pass overcoating process described above.
- 5. Laminate the sealed microcup array with a second conductor film, optionally with an adhesive layer which may be a pressure sensitive adhesive, a hot melt adhesive, a heat, moisture or radiation curable adhesive.
- The laminate adhesive may be post cured by radiation such as UV through the top conductor film if the latter is transparent to the radiation. The finished product may be cut to various size and shape after the lamination step.
- In one embodiment, the microcup composition referred to above may comprise liquid crystals. In another embodiment, the microcup composition referred to above may comprise a speed enhancing monomer or oligomer. In a further embodiment, the microcups composition referred to above may comprise a speed enhancing filler material. In either embodiment, the main component of the microcup composition may be an embossable material such as a thermoplastic, thermoset or a precursor thereof as described above.
- The preparation of the microcups described above can be conveniently replaced by the alternative procedure of photolithography as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,788,449 and 6,795,138. A full-color liquid crystal display may be prepared by sequentially filling liquid crystal compositions comprising different guest dyes into the microcups and subsequently sealing the filled microcups by the one-pass or two-pass method as described above.
- V. Preparation of a Single Layer of Multi-Color Liquid Crystal Display Panel
- A multi-color liquid crystal display of the present invention may be prepared by using color (e.g., R, G and B) filters and a black matrix underneath the monochrome display as shown in
FIG. 2 b. Alternatively, a full-color display of the present invention can be prepared by filling microcups with liquid crystals containing guest dye(s) of different colors (FIG. 2 c). In addition to the processes described in the preparation of monochrome displays, additional steps may be required for such a color display. These additional steps include (1) coating or laminating the already formed microcups with a positively working photoresist such as a dry-film photoresist which may comprise a removable support such as PET-4851 (Saint-Gobain, Worcester, Mass.), a novolac positive photoresist such as Microposit™ S1818 (Shipley) and an alkali-developable adhesive layer such as a mixture of Nacor™ 72-8685 (National Starch) and Carboset™ 515 (BF Goodrich); (2) selectively opening some of the microcups by imagewise exposing the positive photoresist, removing the support film and developing the positive photoresist with a developer such as diluted Microposit™ 351 developer (Shipley); (3) filling the opened microcups with liquid crystals and guest dye(s) of a first primary color and (4) sealing the filled microcups as described in the preparation of monochrome displays. These additional steps may be repeated to create microcups filled with liquid crystals of second and third primary colors. - More specifically, a multi-color liquid crystal display may be prepared according to the steps below:
- (a) Coat a layer of a composition for forming the microcups on a conductor film.
- (b) Emboss the layer of microcup composition at a temperature higher than its Tg by a pre-patterned male mold.
- (c) Release the mold from the layer of microcup composition preferably during or after it is hardened by solvent evaporation, cooling or crosslinking by radiation, heat or moisture.
- (d) Laminate or coat the thus formed microcups with a positive dry-film photoresist which may comprise a positive photoresist and a removable plastic cover sheet. The positive dry-film photoresist may also comprise an adhesive layer to improve the adhesion between the microcups and the positive photoresist.
- (e) Imagewise expose the positive photoresist, remove the cover sheet, develop and open microcups in the exposed area. The purpose of steps (d) and (e) is to selectively open the microcups in a predetermined area.
- (f) Fill the opened microcups with a liquid crystal composition containing guest dye(s) of a first primary.
- (g) Seal the microcups to form closed liquid crystal filled microcups containing liquid crystals with guest dye(s) of the first primary color by the one-pass or two-pass method as described above.
- (h) Repeat steps (e)-(g) described above to generate microcups containing liquid crystals with guest dye(s) of different colors in different areas.
- (i) Laminate the sealed array of liquid crystal filled microcups to a second conductor film pre-coated with an adhesive layer which may be a pressure sensitive adhesive, a hot melt adhesive, or a heat, moisture or radiation curable adhesive.
- (j) Harden the adhesive.
- In one embodiment, the microcup composition referred to above may comprise liquid crystals. In another embodiment, the microcup composition referred to above may comprise a speed enhancing monomer or oligomer. In a further embodiment, the microcup composition referred to above may comprise a speed enhancing filler material. In either embodiment, the main component of the microcup composition may be an embossable material such as a thermoplastic, thermoset or a precursor thereof.
- The preparation of the microcups described above can be conveniently replaced by the alternative procedure of photolithography as disclosed in WO02/56097 or pre-punched holes as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,788,449 and 6,795,138. The dry-film positive photoresist in step (e) may be replaced by a photoresist solution and coated onto the microcups. Still alternatively, the liquid crystal phase of different color may be printed by, for example, inkjet printing with registration onto microcups in preselected areas.
- VI. Liquid Crystal Display Having Multiple Layers of Display Panel and its Manufacture
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FIGS. 3 a and 3 b show the methods for the manufacture of a microcup-based liquid crystal display having two or more layers of filled and sealed microcup array. -
FIG. 3 a shows the process of preparing a two layer microcup-based liquid crystal display by laminating a top layer (31) and a bottom layer (32) of filled and sealed microcup array prepared by, for example, the procedure described in the steps 1-4 in Section IV or steps (a)-(h) in Section V. The filled microcups are individually sealed with a sealing layer (33). The conductor film (34) on the viewing side is transparent and the conductor film (35) on the non-viewing side may be colored or blackened. An adhesive layer may be used to facilitate the lamination process. The two layers (31 and 32) are arranged with the inactive partition areas (36) of one layer and the active cell areas of another layer in a staggered fashion. -
FIG. 3 b shows an alternative process of preparing a two-layer microcup liquid crystal display by (i) preparing a layer of filled and sealed microcup array (32) on a conductor film (35) by, for example, the procedure described in the steps 1-4 in Section IV or steps (a)-(h) in Section V; (ii) preparing another layer of filled and sealed microcup array (31) on a release substrate (37) following the procedure described in the steps 1-4 in Section IV or steps (a)-(h) in Section V; (iii) laminating the layer of microcup array (31) on the release substrate (37) onto the layer (32), optionally with an adhesive (not shown) with the sealing sides (33) facing each other; (iv) removing the release substrate (37) and (v) laminating onto the resultant composite film a conductor film (34), optionally with an adhesive layer (not shown). The steps (ii), (iii), and (iv) may be repeated to prepare a liquid crystal display having more than two layers of microcup array. - Alternatively, a multilayer layer microcup-based liquid crystal display may be prepared by (a) preparing a layer of filled and sealed microcup array on a conductor film by, for example, the procedure described in the steps 1-4 in Section IV or steps (a)-(h) in Section V; (b) repeating the steps 1-4 in section IV or steps (a)-(h) in Section V to build any number of layers of filled and sealed microcup array on top of the first layer and (c) laminating the top-most layer with a second conductor film, optionally with an adhesive layer which may be a pressure sensitive adhesive, a hot melt adhesive, a heat, moisture or radiation curable adhesive.
- For the two-layer or multilayer liquid crystal display as prepared above, in one embodiment, the inactive partition areas of a layer of microcup array are arranged with the active areas of another layer above or underneath in a staggered manner. At least one of the two conductor films (34 and 35) is pre-patterned. Also at least the conductor film (34) on the viewing side is transparent. To avoid the formation of undesirable Moire pattern, it is useful to laminate the microcup layers at an appropriate angle. Alternatively, a less symmetrical microcup array may be used for similar purpose.
- In the multilayer liquid crystal display, each of the layers of the microcups may be independently prepared by, for example, microembossing, photolithography or pre-punched holes. The liquid crystal composition may be filled into the microcups by printing or coating, such as inkjet printing.
- In general, the cell gap or the shortest distance between the two conductor films in a microcup-based liquid crystal display may be in the range of 2 to 100 μm, preferably in the range of 5 to 30 μm. The thickness of each microcup layer may vary. In one embodiment, the thickness may be in the range of 2 to 50 μm, preferably in the range of 3 to 10 μm. The concentration of dyes or colorants in each layer of microcup array may also vary for different applications.
- The thickness of the multiplayer display produced by the present processes may be as thin as a piece of paper. The width of the display is the width of the coating web (typically 3-90 inches). The length of the display may be anywhere from inches to thousands of feet depending upon the size of the roll.
- The following examples are given to enable those skilled in the art to more clearly understand and to practice the present invention. They should not be considered as limiting the scope of the invention, but merely as being illustrative and representative thereof.
- The composition shown in Table 1 was coated by a Myrad bar #6 onto a 2 mil PET film precoated with an ITO conductor layer (ITO/PET film, 5 mil OC50 from CPFilms, Martinsville, Va.). A pre-patterned (4 μm width×4 μm length×4 μm height×4 μm partition) cobalt nickel male mold and a mold release Frekote 700-NC from Henkel were used for microembossing. The coating thickness was controlled to be about 5 microns. The coated film was then embossed by the mold using a pressure roller at 90° C. The coating was then UV-cured for about 1 minute through the Mylar film using a Cure Zone exposure unit (ADAC Technologies) equipped with a metal fluoride lamp with an intensity of 80 mW/cm2 at 365 nm. The embossed film was then released from the mold to reveal the microcups (4 μm width×4 μm length×4 μm depth×4 μm partition). The microembossing was carried out using the GBC Laminator at 90° C.
TABLE 1 UV-curable Acrylate Formulation for Microcups No. Description Ingredient Supplier Parts 1 Epoxy acrylate Ebecryl 600 UCB Chemicals 55 2 Polyester acrylate Ebecryl 830 UCB Chemicals 15 3 Urethane acrylate Ebecryl 6700 UCB Chemicals 10 4 Silicon Acrylate Ebecryl 350 UCB Chemicals 5 5 Monomer Sartomer SR238 Sartomer 10 6 Monomer Sartomer SR306 Sartomer 5 7 Monomer Sartomer SR351 Sartomer 5 8 Photoinitiator Irgacure 500 Ciba 1 9 Synergist Methyl diethanol Aldrich 0.5 amine 10 Solvent MEK Aldrich 100 - The same procedure of Example 1 was followed and the formulation shown Table 2 was coated and embossed with the same 4×4×4×4 μm male mold.
TABLE 2 UV-curable Acrylate Formulation for Microcups No. Description Ingredient Supplier Parts 1 Epoxy acrylate Ebecryl 600 UCB Chemicals 50 2 Polyester acrylate Ebecryl 830 UCB Chemicals 15 3 Urethane acrylate Ebecryl 6700 UCB Chemicals 10 4 Silicon acrylate Ebecryl 350 UCB Chemicals 5 5 Monomer Poly(ethylene Aldrich 5 glycol) methacrylate 6 Monomer Sartomer SR238 Sartomer 5 7 Monomer Sartomer SR306 Sartomer 5 8 Monomer Sartomer SR351 Sartomer 5 9 Photoinitiator Irgacure 907 Ciba 0.5 10 Solvent MEK Aldrich 300 - A
Myrad bar # 12 was used. The target coating thickness was about 5 μm. The microembossing was carried out using a pressure roller (GBC Laminator) heated at 90° C. - The composition shown in Table 3 was laminated using a pressure roller between a 2 ml PET film precoated with an ITO conductor layer and a pre-patterned (4×4×4 microns) cobalt nickel mold. The PET/ITO film was treated with a corona discharge (Electro-Technic Products, Model BD-10A, Chicago, Ill.) for 5 seconds. The cobalt nickel mold was pretreated with a mold release Frekote 750-NC. The coating was then UV cured for 1 minute through the PET/ITO film. The embossed film was then released from the mold to reveal the microcups (4×4×4 microns) with a thickness of 5.5 microns as measured by a Mituyoto thickness gauge.
TABLE 3 UV-curable Acrylate Formulation for Microcups No. Description Ingredient Supplier Parts 1 Epoxy acrylate Ebecryl 600 UCB Chemicals 40 2 Polyester acrylate Ebecryl 830 UCB Chemicals 15 3 Urethane acrylate Ebecryl 6700 UCB Chemicals 10 4 Silicon acrylate Ebecryl 350 UCB Chemicals 5 5 Monomer Poly( ethylene Aldrich 15 glycol) methacrylate, (PEGMA) 6 Monomer Sartomer SR238 Sartomer 5 7 Monomer Sartomer SR306 Sartomer 5 8 Monomer Sartomer SR351 Sartomer 5 9 Photoinitiator Irgacure 907 Ciba 0.5 - The microcup array prepared in Example 3 was washed with hexane then with MEK and oven dried (66° C.) for 10 minutes. A liquid crystal BL006 (E. Merck Co., Germany) solution containing 1 wt % Silwet L7608 (OSi Specialties) was mixed with 9 times volume of MPK and the resulting solution was coated on the microcup array using a
Myrad bar # 16. Excess solvent in the microcups was evaporated in an oven (66° C.) for 10 minutes. - The microcup array prepared in Example 3 was washed with hexane, then with MEK, and oven dried (66° C.) for 10 minutes. A liquid crystal BL006 (E. Merck Co., Germany) solution containing 3 wt % dichroic dye Blue AB2 (Funktionfluid Gmb, Germany) and 1 wt % Silwet L7608 (OSi Specialties) was mixed with 9 times volume of MPK, and the resulting solution was coated onto the microcup array using a
Myrad bar # 16. Excess solvent on the microcup was evaporated in an oven (66° C.) for 10 minutes. - The microcup array prepared in Example 3 was washed with hexane, then with MEK, and oven dried (66° C.) for 10 minutes. A black dichroic dye mixture was prepared by mixing-three dichroic dyes, Blue AB2, Red AR1 and Yellow AG1 (Funktionfluid Gmb, Germany) together. A liquid crystal BL006 (E. Merck Co., Germany) solution containing 2 wt % the black dichroic dye mixture and 1 wt % Silwet L7608 (OSi Specialties) was mixed with 9 times volume of MPK and the resulting solution was coated on the microcup array using a
Myrad bar # 16. Excess solvent on the microcup was evaporated in an oven (66° C.) for 10 minutes. - A 10% solution of Vistalon 0106 (Exxon Mobil Chemicals) in Isopar E (Exxon Chemical) was coated onto a BL006-filled microcup array prepared in Example 4, 5 or 6. The coating layer was uniform and transparent. By using a #3 Myrad bar, a sealing polymer layer with the weight coverage of 0.39 mg/in2 was obtained and the thickness of the sealing polymer layer was estimated to be 0.7 μm. By using a #8 Myrad bar, a sealing polymer layer with the weight coverage of 0.75 mg/in2 was obtained and the thickness of the sealing polymer layer was estimated to be 1.3 μm. The density of Vistalon 0106 was about 0.9 g/cm3.
- Following the same procedure of Example 7, the filled microcup array was sealed by coating a 10% solution of a carboxylated acrylic copolymer, Amphomer 28-4910 (National Starch) in 2-propanol onto the BL006-filled microcups as prepared in Example 5. The coating layer was uniform and transparent. By using a #3 Myrad bar, a sealing polymer layer with the weight coverage of 0.44 mg/in2 was obtained and the thickness of the sealing polymer layer was estimated to be 0.6 μm. By using a #8 Myrad bar, a sealing polymer layer with the weight coverage of 1.0 mg/in2 was obtained and the thickness of the sealing polymer layer was estimated to be 1.3 μm. The density of Amphomer 28-4910 was about 1.2 g/cm3.
- For comparison, traditional polymerization induced phase separation polymer disperse liquid crystal displays were prepared. Various ratios of liquid crystal E7 (E. Merck, Germany) to Norland 65 (Norland) were mixed and sandwiched between two ITO coated glasses using spacers of various heights (4.5 μm, 25 μm or 50 μm) to control the cell gap. Step wedge was used to optimize the UV-curing time under Cure Zone exposure unit (ADAC Technologies). In all cases, a significant hysteresis loop was observed in the characteristic electro-optical response curve.
- Single layer microcup liquid crystal displays were assembled using the microcup arrays prepared in Example 1, 2 or 3. Liquid crystals with or without dichroic dye(s) were filled into microcups following the procedure described in Example 4, 5 or 6. These liquid crystal filled microcups were then sealed by the procedure described in Example 7 or 8. In all cases, no hysteresis loop was observed for the microcup-based liquid crystal displays prepared according to the present invention.
- A multilayer liquid crystal display was assembled to improve display performance. A single layer liquid crystal display was prepared as described in Example 10. The same procedure was followed (i) to emboss a second layer of. microcup array on top of the first layer of microcup array, (ii) to fill liquid crystals with or without a guest dye and (iii) to seal the second layer of filled microcup array. The second microcup layer was embossed on the first layer at an off angle of about 10 degree to form a staggering two-layer structure to maximize the degree of light scattering. Lamination of the two double-layer arrays formed a four-layer liquid crystal display. A high contrast display was obtained with rising and falling response time of ˜1 msec and ˜10 msec (at 40 volts), respectively. No hysteresis loop was observed in the resultant 4-layer microcup liquid crystal display.
- The same procedure of Example 8 was followed, except that the microcup composition was replaced by those listed in Table 4. The ton and toff were measured at 40 V. As it can be seen in Table 4, the addition of PEGMA (polyethyleneglycol methacrylate) or PEGDMA (polyethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) as a monomer in the microcup composition showed a significant improvement in the response rate. The saturation voltages (voltage needed to reach the maximum optical response) in Examples 16 and 17 were 10 V and 12 V, respectively, with a threshold voltage of about 3V.
TABLE 4 Microcup composition of Examples 12-17 Example Example Example Example Example Example Ingredient (parts) 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ebecryl 600 55 50 48 42 40 40 Ebecryl 830 15 15 15 15 15 15 Ebecryl 6700 10 10 10 10 10 10 Ebecryl 350 5 5 5 5 5 5 Sartomer SR238 5 5 5 5 5 5 Sartomer SR306 5 5 5 5 5 5 Sartomer SR351 5 5 5 5 5 5 PEGMA 0 5 7 13 15 0 PEGDMA 0 0 0 0 0 15 Irgacure 500 1 1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0 Irgacure 907 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 triethanol amine 0 0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0 methyldiethanol amine 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0 ton (msec) 4.0 2.0 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 toff (msec) 23.2 12.5 11.0 9.5 23.0 16.0 - While particular forms of the invention have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
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